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Communication through Advocacy Advertising for Public Health Promotion
- Author(s):
- MAHENDRA KUMAR PADHY
- Editor(s):
- Jyotirmaya Patnaik (see profile)
- Date:
- 2014
- Group(s):
- Communication Studies, Cultural Studies, Digital Humanists, Feminist Humanities, Medical Humanities
- Subject(s):
- Medical policy, Medical ethics, Journalism, Communication, Digital communications
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- Advocacy advertising, advertising campaign, anti-smoking, fear appeal, Health policy, Digital communication
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/b46h-ev20
- Abstract:
- This research work is an investigation into the reception of anti-smoking advertisements that make use of “fear appeals”. The objective of the research is to bring audience perceptions, interpretations and making sense processes of such advertising campaigns to the limelight. Instead of measuring effects or effectiveness of anti-smoking messages using shocking images, this project has at its basis the assumption of an active audience that interprets, makes sense and decodes media texts in various ways. Research methods used in this study are qualitative by nature. Research findings show that the prospective audience champion the use of anti-smoking advertisements and see the use of fear appeals as a one-way road to drawing the audience’s attention, they nevertheless perceive these communication efforts in a highly individualized manner, resisting to advertising techniques of persuasion and showing signs of desensitization towards fear appeals. Findings show that advocacy advertising using fear appeals are always decoded within the wider media context and the identity of smokers themselves often nourished by media representations of smoking, which plays an role in the way the audience gives different interpretations and relates to these messages.
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- xml
- Published as:
- Journal article Show details
- Pub. DOI:
- 10.15655/mw/2015/v6i1/55393
- Publisher:
- Media Watch
- Pub. Date:
- 2014-12-9
- Journal:
- Media Watch
- Volume:
- 6
- Issue:
- 1
- Page Range:
- 92 - 102
- ISSN:
- 2249-8818,0976-0911
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 2 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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